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Thursday, November 02, 2017
Cable Terminations
www.flyhouse.com: When using terminations on cables, Flyhouse wanted to test whether the ratings provided were correct and hold up like they should. Let's head to the shop to see what we found out.
I really do like these Chicago Flyhouse videos. I have said before, it really helps to see something in real life. Again, I would love to see the cable break instead of just seeing an after picture, but it’s better than nothing. Obviously I learn a lot in class and I believe everything I learn, but seeing is believing. I think real testing is a really important part of education. We do a lot of that through production prep but there are always little things here and there that I think would be really cool to test out to test their limits. Obviously we don’t have the capabilities to test rope in the way Chicago Fly house does, but I think testing materials in structures class would be really cool if we could find a way to do that. As for terminations in particular, using wire rope without terminations is kind of pointless so we have to understand the limitations of the final rope we have.
This is a very interesting video. Maybe we could get someone from Chicago Flyhouse out to do a guest lecture on something. I filled in for Sean in his rigging class this week and discussed various forms of rigging hardware. I didn’t discuss cable terminations – I’m leaving that for Sean. One of the things that I did say to the class that was also said in the video is to always follow manufacturer specifications. One thing that didn’t come up in the video is the different compression sleeves – copper and aluminum. I’ve heard various answers on each type as to their rating and which is better. In any case, one of the most important part about compression sleeves is getting proper compression, which wasn’t emphasized in the video, but I think it would have been worth mentioning. I’m looking forward to seeing their video on wire rope clips and what they have to say about those.
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I really do like these Chicago Flyhouse videos. I have said before, it really helps to see something in real life. Again, I would love to see the cable break instead of just seeing an after picture, but it’s better than nothing. Obviously I learn a lot in class and I believe everything I learn, but seeing is believing. I think real testing is a really important part of education. We do a lot of that through production prep but there are always little things here and there that I think would be really cool to test out to test their limits. Obviously we don’t have the capabilities to test rope in the way Chicago Fly house does, but I think testing materials in structures class would be really cool if we could find a way to do that. As for terminations in particular, using wire rope without terminations is kind of pointless so we have to understand the limitations of the final rope we have.
This is a very interesting video. Maybe we could get someone from Chicago Flyhouse out to do a guest lecture on something. I filled in for Sean in his rigging class this week and discussed various forms of rigging hardware. I didn’t discuss cable terminations – I’m leaving that for Sean. One of the things that I did say to the class that was also said in the video is to always follow manufacturer specifications. One thing that didn’t come up in the video is the different compression sleeves – copper and aluminum. I’ve heard various answers on each type as to their rating and which is better. In any case, one of the most important part about compression sleeves is getting proper compression, which wasn’t emphasized in the video, but I think it would have been worth mentioning. I’m looking forward to seeing their video on wire rope clips and what they have to say about those.
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